Refuse-discharging attachment for motor cars



A ril 27, 192

T. F. ROACH REFUSE DISCHARGING ATTACHMENT FOR MOTOR CARS Filed July 5, 1925 Patented Apr. .127, i926.

THOMAS F. ROACH, F PUEBLQ, COLGRADO. I

REFUSE-DEEJGHARGHTG ATTACHMENT EIGTUR CARS.

npplicatiou filed July 3,

T0 aZZ aim it may concern 1 Be it known that l, Trroams F. Roxie-r1, a subject of the King of England, residing at lhieblo, in the county of Pueblo and State Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Refuse-Discharg ng Attachments for Motor Cars, of which the following is specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to automobile conveniences, and the general object of the l1- vention is to provide a small attachn which may be applied to the glass windows or doors of an automobile and w nch will permit the di'sclnrge of ashes, cigar stumps, burned cigars, and the like from the automobile.

The only device lznownto me the purpose of receiving ashes, cigarette stumps, etc, within an automobile is a small tray cached thereto into w iich theashes, etc, are discharged, the oscillations and vibrations thecar tending to scatter these ashes over the floor.

The only other way of getting rid of ashes, cigarettes, etc., is to open the door or i dows and throw the trash out, which, however, permits a draft and allows excessive inlet of smoke, dust and cold.

A further object of the invention is to pro vide a device in the nature of a shutter which can beshifted to thereby disclose an c-peningthrough which the trash may be the charged or which may be shifted into a closed position and which is so constructed that it will not permi the inlet of air, dust or dirt when the shutter is closed.

Other" objects have to do with the details of construction and arrangem nt of parts as will appear more fully hereinafter.

' My invent-ionis illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is an inside: face view of a window having my improvement applied there to; i

I F igure 2 is a like view to Figure 1 but showing the shutter opened;

Figure 3 is a vertical section on the line 3 of Figure 1;

Figure l is an elevation of the shutter;

Referring to this drawing, lOdesignates a sheet of glass or window pane as, for instance, a sheet of plate glass such as commonly used in closed cars. A circular opening 11 is cut in this sheet of glass, and disposed on opposite sides of th sheet of glass serial 1'0. 41,493.

the plates 12 and 13, these plates being 1?) mating the outer plate and inne plate, that, is, theplate inside car. These plates are circular in form and are made slightly larger in diameter man the diameter of the opening 11 so as to lap over the margin of the glass mount-- ing said opening. "lhese, two plates 12 and 13 bear against rubber gaskets 1% which are disposed between the margins of the plates and the glass.

Each plate 12 ainl i3 is formed with an approximately semi-circular opening 15 disposed above the center of the plate, these openings being obviously in alignment with each other. The inside plate 12 at two points on the lower wall of the opening is formed with downwardly extending notches 16 and 17. Extending through the two plates 12 and 13 is a. twopart screw. The screw consists of a feinale portion'18 and a male portion 19, the female portion being f fl] ed with interior screw-threads receivu N "he screw-threads on the exterior portion of the male portion. Both portions are formed with flat heads 20 and the plates 12 and 13 are recessed to receive these heads. This twopart screw holds the two plates against the glass. Preferably these plates are formed withinwardly turned flanges 21 2 which are arcuate, as illustrated in Figure 3.

andzbear against the inner edge face of the glass, as shown. These inwardly turned 21 are about half as deep as the thickness of the glass. 7 v

'Disposed between the outer and inner plates 12 and 13 and rotatable upon the transverse screw formed of the. parts 18 and 19 is a shutter 22 which is slightly larger than the semi-circle and has a straight edge 23 and a circular edge fitting the interior of the opening in the window pane. This shutter is mounted upon the central pin or screw and the shutter is formed upon its inner face with an outstanding pin 24 adapted to engage in one or the other of the slot-s16 and 17. \Vhen the shutter is open the pin will engage in the slot 16 and whenthe shutter is closed in the other slot 17. The shutter has an elongated portion 25 adjacent one end of the straight edge 28 which may constitute a weight so as to hold the shutter either in its closed or open posit-ion and against oscillation.

Between the shutter and the outer and inner plates there are disposed the washers 26. This central plate preferably has a thickness equal to that of the plate glass 10, and obviously when it is rotated in one direction it closes the opening and when it is rotated in the other direction it discloses this opening. he internal flanges 21 act to center the plates 12 and 13 accurately upon the window so that this medially disposed shutter will accurately till the opening in the window itseli. Obviously the periphery of the shutter might be provided with packing so as to permit no air to enter at all and it will be seen that my device constitutes a. unit which may be readily applied to the window or door of any make of car and which provides a normally closed opening through which trash or other ret'use may be thrown, but which opening can be kept closed and thus prevent any draft, dust or smoke from entering.

While I have illustrated a certain detailed form of my device, I do not wish to be limited thereto as this detailed "form might be changed in many ways without departing from the spirit of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

I claim 1. A refuse discharging attachment for a car window pane comprising two plates adapted to be disposed respectively on opposite sides of the pane and adapted to overlap the margin oi an aperture cut through the pane, said plates having eoinciding openings, and an intermediate shutter oscillatably mounted between the plates for movement in a plane parallel to the plates and adapted, when turned into one position, to close said openings and, when turned into the other position, to disclose the openings.

2. The combination with an automobile window pane having an opening therethrough, of circular plates disposed on opposite sides of the pane and overlapping the margin of said opening, each plate having an opening therethrough, and a shutter disposed between said plates and mounted for oscillation in a plane parallel to the plane of said plates, the shutter having its edge fitted in the boundaries of the opening through the pane, said shutter when turned into one position closing the openings through the plates and, when turned into the other position, disclosing said openings.

The combination with an automobile window pane having a circular opening therein, of plates disposed on each side of the pane and extending over the margin of the opening, packing washers disposed between the margins of the plates and the margins of the pane, a central member pass ing through the plates, the plates each having an opening above the central member,

and a shutter mounted between said plates, the shutter being approximately semi-circu lar in form and having an edge fitting the edge of the opening in the pane, the shutter being manually shiftable to a position to close the openings through the plates or disclose said openings.

-11. A refuse discharging attachment for the window panes of motor cars comprising two plates adapted to be dispo. d in parallel relation on opposite Sides of a window pane each plate having a semi-circular opening in the upper portion thereof, each plate bcing larger than the opening in the glas packing washers disposed on the inside faces ot the margins of the plates, a two-part screw holding the two plates in contact with the glass, a shutter mounted upon the screw for rotation therearound, the shutter being slightly larger than a semi-circle and havmg a curved edge fitting the interior of the opening in the glass, a pin pro ecting from the shutter whereby it may be manipulated, the inside plate being formed with slots into which said pin is adapted to eu gage when the shutter is in its closed or in its open position, and means for holding the shutter in either its closed or its open position.

5. The combination with a window pane. having a circular aperture, ot oppositely disposed plates having a diameter greater than the aperture and lilting against the window pane on opposite sides thereof and overlapping the margin of the aperture, the plates having inwardly turned flanges extending across the edge of the cut-out portion of the window pane, each of said plates having an approximately SClTll-(Jlltftlltll cutout portion above the center of the plate, the inside plate on the lower edge of its opening having downwardly extending slots adjacent opposite ends of the opening, a screw passing through the center of the plates and holding the two plates in proper relation to each other and against the pane, a shutter oscillatably mounted upon said pin and between the plates and having a diameter equal to the diameter of the cutoutportion of the pane, the shutter being larger than a semi-circle and having an inwardly projecting pin adjacent the margin of the shutter by which the shutter may be manipulated, said pin being adapted to engage in one or the other of the slots of the inside plate when the shutter is in its closed or open position, the shutter having a weighted portion adjacent one end acting to hold the shutter either closed or open.

In testimony whereof I hereunto allix my signature.

THOMAS F. ROACH. 

